Homogenizer Bead Tubes—High-Yield Sample Preparation for Molecular Analysis
Effective sample preparation is the first—and most critical—step in extracting high-quality nucleic acids and proteins from biological materials. Ciro Manufacturing provides a complete line of homogenizer bead tubes engineered for reliable, high-throughput cell disruption across a wide range of sample types.
Our bead beating tubes are pre-filled, contamination-free, and cleanroom-manufactured, ensuring maximum sample integrity and extraction efficiency from even the toughest biological matrices.
Manufactured in a Controlled Environment
Every component is produced and assembled under strict quality standards:
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Injection molded in our ISO Class 6 cleanroom
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Bead tube assembly performed in ISO Class 5 cleanroom environments
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Certified DNase/RNase-free and suitable for sensitive molecular workflows
This level of cleanliness and precision ensures minimal sample degradation and maximum reproducibility—whether you're working with animal tissue, plant matter, or microbial cultures.
Bead Tube Options for Any Application
We offer a wide variety of tube sizes and bead materials to suit your application:
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Tube sizes: 0.5 mL, 1.5 mL, 2 mL, 15 mL, 50 mL
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Bead types: Ceramic, glass, garnet, and stainless steel
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Applications: Animal and human tissue, microbial cultures, plant material, spores, and tough fibrous tissues
All tubes are sealed and ready for use, compatible with virtually all homogenizer platforms on the market.
Product Highlights
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✔️ Efficient and consistent cell disruption
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✔️ Broad compatibility—fits most benchtop homogenizers
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✔️ No cross-contamination between samples
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✔️ Custom bead formulations and tube assemblies available
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✔️ High extraction yield of DNA, RNA, and proteins in seconds
Customization Available
Need application-specific tubes? Ciro offers custom bead loading and tube configurations tailored to your protocol. Whether you're optimizing for hard tissues, low-volume samples, or specialty lysing needs, we can assemble to spec, private label, and drop ship directly to your customers.
Ready to improve your nucleic acid extractions? Contact us to request a quote or prototype batch for your lab or diagnostic application.
TECHNICAL SPECS
· Quantity of tubes per kit: 50 tubes
· Quality: DNase/RNase free, ISO Class 5 Cleanroom assembly
· Tube & Cap: Polypropylene Co-Polymer
· Temp: 0.5mL, 1.5mL and 2mL tubes: -30°C 2mL-R, 15mL and 50mL: -80°C
· Autoclave: Standard procedure
· Chemical Compatibility: Compatible with most buffers (Acid Phenol, Guanidine thiocyanate, Acetonitrile, Trizol, etc.)
Loading Capacity:
· 1.5ML: From 1mg to 150mg or 5μL to 1.1ml
· 2ML: From 20mg to 200mg or 200μl to 1.6ml
· 15ML: From 400mg to 4g or 400μL to 9mL
· 50ML: From 400mg to 12g or 400μL to 23mL
Product Listing
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Cat No |
Beads |
Application |
Recommended for: |
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0.5mL Skirted Screw cap Tubes, 50/pkg. |
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G0507 |
0.7mm garnet beads |
Hard & Fibrous tissue |
Soil, Clay, sediment, waste water, feces |
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C0514 |
1.4mm ceramic beads |
Soft tissue homogenizing |
Soft tissue, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, soft plant |
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1.5mL Skirted Screw cap Tubes, 50/pkg. |
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SS15S28 |
2.8mm stainless steel beads |
Hard tissue grinding |
Hard tissue, dry grinding, skin, muscle, bone, hair, roots, spincor, teeth, corn, rice and seeds |
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C15S28 |
2.8mm ceramic beads |
Hard tissue homogenizing |
Hard tissue, heart, muscle, skin, tendon, tail, whole organs, hard plant material |
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G15S07 |
0.7mm garnet beads |
Hard & Fibrous tissue |
Soil, Clay, sediment, waste water, feces |
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C15S14 |
1.4mm ceramic beads |
Soft tissue homogenizing |
Soft tissue, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, soft plant |
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1.5mL Conical Tubes, 50/pkg. |
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SS15C28 |
2.8mm stainless steel beads |
Hard tissue grinding |
Hard tissue, dry grinding, skin, muscle, bone, hair, roots, spincor, teeth, corn, rice and seeds |
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C15C28 |
2.8mm ceramic beads |
Hard tissue homogenizing |
Hard tissue, heart, muscle, skin, tendon, tail, whole organs, hard plant material |
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G15C07 |
0.7mm garnet beads |
Hard & Fibrous tissue |
Soil, Clay, sediment, waste water, feces |
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C15C14 |
1.4mm ceramic beads |
Soft tissue homogenizing |
Soft tissue, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, soft plant |
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2.0mL Skirted Screw cap Tubes, 50/pkg. |
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SS20S28 |
2.8mm stainless steel beads |
Hard tissue grinding |
Hard tissue, dry grinding, skin, muscle, bone, hair, roots, spincor, teeth, corn, rice and seeds |
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C20S28 |
2.8mm ceramic beads |
Hard tissue homogenizing |
Hard tissue, heart, muscle, skin, tendon, tail, whole organs, hard plant material |
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G20S07 |
0.7mm garnet beads |
Hard & Fibrous tissue |
Soil, Clay, sediment, waste water, feces |
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C20S14 |
1.4mm ceramic beads |
Soft tissue homogenizing |
Soft tissue, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, soft plant |
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G20S05 |
0.5mm glass beads |
Tough micro-organism lysing |
Tough micro-organisms, gram+, yeast, fungi, algae, spores, plankton |
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G20S01 |
0.1mm glass beads |
Micro-organism lysing |
Micro-organisms, processing cells, bacteria, gram-, gram+ bacteria, spores |
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C20S01 |
0.1mm ceramic beads |
Bacteria lysing |
Micro-organisms, processing cells, bacteria, gram-, gram+, spores |
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G20S0105 |
0.1mm & 0.5mm glass beads |
Micro-organism lysing |
Yeast fungi, gram+, gram- bacteria, spores, micro-algae |
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GCG20S01141 |
0.1mm glass beads 1.4mm ceramic beads 1 glass bead of 4.0mm |
Micro-organism lysing inside tissue |
Soil, sediment, root, feces, animal or plant tissues |
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C20S1428 |
1.4mm & 2.8mm ceramic beads |
Tissue homogenizing |
soft tissue, soft plant, soft animal tissue, fruit, cereals |
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C20S2850 |
2.8mm & 5.0mm ceramic beads |
Tissue grinding |
Whole organs like rat brain, liver, kidney, lung, skin, mouse bones, whole iris-ciliary body pork, hair, dry samples such as pepper grains, etc. |
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C20S68 |
6.8mm ceramic beads |
Dry hard tissue grinding |
Hard Tissue, tough and fibrous plant, animal tissues, dry grinding, roots, seeds, feed |
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GC20S071 |
0.7mm garnet flakes & 1 ceramic bead of 6.0mm |
Sample grinding |
Skin, cartilage, retina, general tissues like liver, plants |
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2.0mL Conical Reinforced Screw cap Tubes, 50/pkg. |
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SS20CR28 |
2.8mm stainless steel beads |
Hard tissue grinding |
Hard tissue, dry grinding, skin, muscle, bone, hair, roots, spincor, teeth, corn, rice and seeds |
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C20CR28 |
2.8mm ceramic beads |
Hard tissue homogenizing |
Hard tissue, heart, muscle, skin, tendon, tail, whole organs, hard plant material |
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G20CR07 |
0.7mm garnet beads |
Hard & Fibrous tissue |
Soil, Clay, sediment, waste water, feces |
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C20CR14 |
1.4mm ceramic beads |
Soft tissue homogenizing |
Soft tissue, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, soft plant |
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G20CR05 |
0.5mm glass beads |
Tough micro-organism lysing |
Tough micro-organisms, gram+, yeast, fungi, algae, spores, plankton |
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G20CR01 |
0.1mm glass beads |
Micro-organism lysing |
Micro-organisms, processing cells, bacteria, gram-, gram+ bacteria, spores |
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C20CR01 |
0.1mm ceramic beads |
Bacteria lysing |
Micro-organisms, processing cells, bacteria, gram-, gram+, spores |
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G20C0105 |
0.1mm & 0.5mm glass beads |
Micro-organism lysing |
Yeast fungi, gram+, gram- bacteria, spores, micro-algae |
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GCG20CR01141 |
0.1mm glass beads 1.4mm ceramic beads 1 glass bead of 4.0mm |
Micro-organism lysing inside tissue |
Soil, sediment, root, feces, animal or plant tissues |
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C20CR1428 |
1.4mm & 2.8mm ceramic beads |
Tissue homogenizing |
soft tissue, soft plant, soft animal tissue, fruit, cereals |
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C20CR2850 |
2.8mm & 5.0mm ceramic beads |
Tissue grinding |
Whole organs like rat brain, liver, kidney, lung, skin, mouse bones, whole iris-ciliary body pork, hair, dry samples such as pepper grains, etc. |
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C20CR68 |
6.8mm ceramic beads |
Dry hard tissue grinding |
Hard Tissue, tough and fibrous plant, animal tissues, dry grinding, roots, seeds, feed |
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GC20CR071 |
0.7mm garnet flakes & 1 ceramic bead of 6.0mm |
Sample grinding |
Skin, cartilage, retina, general tissues like liver, plants |
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15mL Screw cap Tubes, 50/pkg. |
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SS1528 |
2.8mm stainless steel beads |
Hard tissue grinding |
Hard tissue, dry grinding, skin, muscle, bone, hair, roots, spincor, teeth, corn, rice and seeds |
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C1528 |
2.8mm ceramic beads |
Hard tissue homogenizing |
Hard tissue, heart, muscle, skin, tendon, tail, whole organs, hard plant material |
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C1514 |
1.4mm ceramic beads |
Soft tissue homogenizing |
Soft tissue, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, soft plant |
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G1505 |
0.5mm glass beads |
Tough micro-organism lysing |
Tough micro-organisms, gram+, yeast, fungi, algae, spores, plankton |
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C1501 |
0.1mm ceramic beads |
Bacteria lysing |
Micro-organisms, processing cells, bacteria, gram-, gram+, spores |
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G150105 |
0.1mm & 0.5mm glass beads |
Micro-organism lysing |
Yeast fungi, gram+, gram- bacteria, spores, micro-algae |
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C152850 |
2.8mm & 5.0mm ceramic beads |
Tissue grinding |
Whole organs like rat brain, liver, kidney, lung, skin, mouse bones, whole iris-ciliary body pork, hair, dry samples such as pepper grains, etc. |
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C1568 |
6.8mm ceramic beads |
Dry hard tissue grinding |
Hard Tissue, tough and fibrous plant, animal tissues, dry grinding, roots, seeds, feed |
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50mL Screw cap Tubes, 50/pkg. |
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SS5028 |
2.8mm stainless steel beads |
Hard tissue homogenizing |
Hard tissue, heart, muscle, skin, tendon, tail, whole organs, hard plant material |
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C5028 |
2.8mm ceramic beads |
Hard & Fibrous tissue |
Soil, Clay, sediment, waste water, feces |
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C5001 |
0.1mm ceramic beads |
Micro-organism lysing |
Yeast fungi, gram+, gram- bacteria, spores, micro-algae |
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GCG5001141 |
0.1mm glass beads 1.4mm ceramic beads 1 glass bead of 4.0mm |
Tissue homogenizing |
soft tissue, soft plant, soft animal tissue, fruit, cereals |
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C5068 |
6.8mm ceramic beads |
Sample grinding |
Skin, cartilage, retina, general tissues like liver, plants |
APPLICATION CHART
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APPLICATION |
RECOMMENDED FOR |
BEADS TYPE |
0.5mL Skirted |
1.5mL Skirted |
1.5mL Conical |
2.0mL Skirted |
2.0mL Conical Reinforced Tube |
15mL |
50mL |
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Hard tissue grinding |
Hard tissue, dry grinding, skin, muscle, bone, hair, roots, spincor, teeth, corn, rice and seeds |
2.8mm stainless steel beads |
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SS15S28 |
SS15C28 |
SS20S28 |
SS20CR28 |
SS1528 |
SS5028 |
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Hard tissue homogenizing |
Hard tissue, heart, muscle, skin, tendon, tail, whole organs, hard plant material |
2.8mm ceramic beads |
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C15S28 |
C15C28 |
C20S28 |
C20CR28 |
C1528 |
C5028 |
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Hard & Fibrous tissue |
Soil, Clay, sediment, waste water, feces |
0.7mm garnet beads |
G0507 |
G15S07 |
G15C07 |
G20S07 |
G20CR07 |
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Soft tissue homogenizing |
Soft tissue, brain, liver, kidney, spleen, soft plant |
1.4mm ceramic beads |
C0514 |
C15S14 |
C15C14 |
C20S14 |
C20CR14 |
C1514 |
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Tough micro-organism lysing |
Tough micro-organisms, gram+, yeast, fungi, algae, spores, plankton |
0.5mm glass beads |
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G20S05 |
G20CR05 |
G1505 |
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Micro-organism lysing |
Micro-organisms, processing cells, bacteria, gram-, gram+ bacteria, spores |
0.1mm glass beads |
G20S01 |
G20CR01 |
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Bacteria lysing |
Micro-organisms, processing cells, bacteria, gram-, gram+, spores |
0.1mm ceramic beads |
C20S01 |
C20CR01 |
C1501 |
C5001 |
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Micro-organism lysing |
Yeast fungi, gram+, gram- bacteria, spores, micro-algae |
0.1mm & 0.5mm glass beads |
G20S0105 |
G20C0105 |
G150105 |
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Micro-organism lysing inside tissue |
Soil, sediment, root, feces, animal or plant tissues |
0.1mm glass beads 1.4mm ceramic beads 1 glass bead of 4.0mm |
GCG20S01141 |
GCG20CR01141 |
GCG5001141 |
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Tissue homogenizing |
soft tissue, soft plant, soft animal tissue, fruit, cereals |
1.4mm & 2.8mm ceramic beads |
C20S1428 |
C20CR1428 |
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Tissue grinding |
Whole organs like rat brain, liver, kidney, lung, skin, mouse bones, whole iris-ciliary body pork, hair, dry samples such as pepper grains, etc. |
2.8mm & 5.0mm ceramic beads |
C20S2850 |
C20CR2850 |
C152850 |
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Dry hard tissue grinding |
Hard Tissue, tough and fibrous plant, animal tissues, dry grinding, roots, seeds, feed |
6.8mm ceramic beads |
C20S68 |
C20CR68 |
C1568 |
C5068 |
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Sample grinding |
Skin, cartilage, retina, general tissues like liver, plants |
0.7mm garnet flakes & 1 ceramic bead of 6.0mm |
GC20S071 |
GC20CR071 |
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